Chapter Ten

Taiga wasn't sure what to tell her. On one hand she, as he had been told repeatedly, had a higher standing in the pack, and therefore needed to be obeyed. On the other hand, he really didn't want her to get upset again. So he decided to stay on the side of caution and just shruged his shoulders.

"I see. Is your father here?" She asked him.

"Yes."

"Could you please ask him to come up here. I would like to talk to him and Inuyasha for a minute. You will need to join us for a minute also." She said, delibertly ignoring Inuyasha.

"Not a problem. I'll be right back."

After Taiga left, she turned her gaze to Jeninji. "Why didn't you heal him?" She asked.

Taking a step back, when he saw the fury burning in her eyes, he told her with complete honesty, "I was told not to touch him. In this case I found it better to leave well enough alone."

"I see. Am I well enough to leave this bed?"

"As long as you rest when tired, eat well to gain back your strength, and do nothing to over extend yourself again, you will be fine. I see no reason for you to stay in bed." The doctor told her.

"Thank you my friend. If you would please excuse us, I have a few things I need to take care of." She said as she dismissed Jeninji from her room.

Bowing himself out Jeninji thought to himself, 'I would really hate to be in the shoes of those two brothers when she's done with them. I don't think there will be much left.'

He met Sesshoumaru and Taiga on the stairs and caught hold of Taiga's arm. "Try to keep her calm. I don't think it will work considering the mood she's in, but do your best."

Nodding his head in confusion he followed his father back into Kagome's room. The second he saw Kagome, he understood what Jeninji meant.

Sesshoumaru had also overheard what Jeninji said, and knew even before entering the room that the 'Little Miko' was furious. He also had a pretty good idea why. Sighing in resination, he entered the room, and stood next to his brother, who was as far away as he could get from her, and still be in the same room.

When Taiga entered the room behind his father Kagome motioned him to stand beside her. Ignoring both brothers for the time being, she looked at Taiga. "Please take your shirt off. I would like to see what injuries you still maintain."

When she saw him look at his father for permission, she growled in irritation. "The next time you look to them for permission when I ask you to do something, you will literly find yourself in the dog house. You have no need to fear for me or my safety. You do however need to fear me. Now do as I say."

Taiga froze in startlement. He could not believe that this was the sweet gental girl that he knew. What surprised him even more was catching his father and uncle cringe from the corner of his eye.

Very gingerly he removed his shirt. Allowing Kagome to see the brusing and cuts that where on his chest. Then she asked him to turn around. He hissed in pain when she traced the cut that ran from his left shoulder across his back and down under his pant line on his right hip. When she removed her finger from tracing the line. He noticed that the pain was gone. Glancing down he found that once again, Kagome had healed him.

"Thank you Taiga. I just wanted to let you know that I do not hold you responsable for what I did. It was not your fault. And what happened to you after I passed out the second time will not go unpunished. You may put your shirt back on and leave now."

After putting his shirt back on, Taiga leaned over and kissed her cheek. "Don't be to hard on them. They only did what pack law requires." He whispered in her ear.

Nodding her head, she returned his kiss and waited for him to leave. Once he did, her gaze returned to the brother's standing on the other side of her room.

Running down the stairs, Taiga went in search of his sister. Following his nose, he found Rin, helping set up the archery range with Mia.

"Rin. I need your help." he called out to her.

"of course Tai. What can I do for you?"

"In all the stories you told us, you never mentioned Kagome's temper. Do you know how bad it is?"

"I never told you. Her temper is like a force of nature. When roused, even father steps out of her way. Why?"

"Shit. Some how she found out what happened after she passed out. At the moment she has father and uncle cornered in her room. She is not happy."

"Did she see your back?"

Turning around he lifted up his shirt to show Rin and Mia his healed back. "She healed me again. She said that what happened wasn't my fault. She also said that what happened to me after, would not go unpunished."

"That is not good. But there is nothing we can do about it. Anything that we try will only bring that attention on to us." Sighing Rin looked up to Kagome's window. 'I hope she doesn't hurt them to badly' She thought to herself.

Kagome glared at the two demons in front of her, as she felt her miko power surge once more within her blood. Knowing that if she did not keep a tight hold on it, it would once more run out of control, she did the only thing she knew how.

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru stared in wonder as a pink light formed around Kagome. And then slowly faded as she closed her eyes. What Inuyasha didn't see, but Sesshoumaru did, was Kagome calling on the power of his fang to help control her power. Hoping that he wasn't making a really big mistake, Sesshoumaru drew out Tensiega, stepped forward and placed it on her lap. When her hand wrapped around the hilt, the sword pulsed to life and created a barrier between her and them.

Kagome opened her eyes after she felt the barrier form. When Tensiega pulsed once more, she thought she heard a voice whisper

Be at ease little one. I will handle your power. You handle my sons. I will help you with Pack Law.

Sesshoumaru immediately took a step back when the fury returned full force in her eyes. Knowing that now that the barrier was in place, nothing was going to hold back her temper any longer.

"How dare you take this out on Taiga. This was not his fault. I was not in my right mind. I attacked to kill. I was in the wrong. And I made things right again."

"Kagome you passed out from what he did to you. It was our right to instruct him..." Inuyasha started.

"Are you sure that I passed out from what he did? Because I know otherwise. Any injuries that I had where what I did when I pulled my energy back into myself. I passed out the second time because I needed to release that energy somewhere, and I used it to heal the two of us. It's not his fault I used to much energy when I healed Taiga."

"You are telling us, that my son, did not hurt you in any way?" Sesshoumaru asked

"That is correct. His hold on me would not have been enough to hurt a child."

"Then what made you panic?" Inuyasha questioned

"I paniced when I heard your voices. I thought we where back in the past and the two of you were fighting once again. So if it was anyone's fault that I was hurt, It was yours!" She told them.